jvlgato Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 Ok, you want that back? I assumed it was a present. I was wondering why it didn't come with a bottle of FFF. I thought Mike and FFF got divorced? Could be wrong. We'll be in Wisconsin for Christmas. We can pick it for you, if you'd like. : palm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 Yeah, I missed the whole FFF fiasco (FFFF?). Mike, what happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absorbine_Sr Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 Last Saturday was the FFF 15th anniversary party. We had tickets ($25 per) and knew it was going to be similar to a Dark Lord Day situation. There were around 3000 tickets sold/given away. 4 or 5 bands including the Melvins. And FFF had collaborated with Surly, Struisse, and someone else for the 15th anniversary beer. It was being sold for $30 a bomber. There were also barrel aged Dark Lords and some other stuff available. And they had advertised 4-5 chefs from across the country providing food. So we arrived around 1:00 PM, when the gates were due to open. We didn't bring any beer to share as they had stated that unlike DLD there would be no coolers allowed in the gate. We were actually closer in line than last DLD, so we figured we'd have an hour wait or so. Um, no. We stood. And stood. And moved a bit. And stood. And stood. And got colder. And moved a little. And stood. We got into the main gate at 5:00 PM... And had our beer purchased around 6:00 PM. We were pissed. What they had done was tied the entrance line to the beer purchase line. So if it was slow, so was entry to the entire event. On DLD they had let people in the "compound" regardless of the beer line, and you got in line when you wanted. By the time we got in, a good part of the guest taps were dry, the food was gone except for two food trucks - overpriced tacos and cold pulled pork sliders at $5 a piece. And we were supposed to get 4 free pours, but you didn't get that until you got to the place to buy your beer. By that time we'd had it. We ran into several of the people we know quite well at FFF and when we voiced our opinion to them (not angrily, more in an effort to ask what the hell happened) they gave us attitude and arrogance. So we said fuck FFF and fuck the Melvins and fuck it all and left. I've not been back to FFF since. I'd paid $50 in tickets for the privilege of being herded like cattle and to be able to buy their overpriced beer. We did get a small amount of satisfaction as a majority of the comments on Beer Advocate were saying the same thing. And Debbie was pissed enough that she emailed FFF and let them know how bad we thought it was. She got a reply from their marketing guy who apologized and stated they need to review how they handle their large events. We've come to refer to it as the Bataan Death March of beer events, and I'm staying away from FFF for a while, to save some money for other things but also because some people who I considered friends treated us like little more than shitty complainers, when in reality I drop between $60 - 100 a week with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvlgato Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 Fuckers ... All 3 of them! Hey, wait sec ... a perfect new name! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absorbine_Sr Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Fire update - still in Wisconsin. No tracking update since the 19th. Emailed FedEx and got a canned reply. Emailed a smart assed reply - got the exact same canned response. Why is it so damned hard for companies to do good customer service these days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvlgato Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 (edited) Kelt cognac is perfected by aging with a worldwide tour of the world on an ocean ship. Maybe your Kindle Fire is in the final aging process? http://www.keltcognac.com/default.aspx?FolderID=3c7cc3b3-59d9-4f67-8928-5be04b77d4a8 Edited November 22, 2011 by jvlgato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absorbine_Sr Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 The travels are over. First impression -suckage. Had to buy tapatalk to log into head-case. The Amazon browser opens the sign in screen under the main page and wont let you scroll to it. Sent from my Kindle Fire using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 Sorry for the suckage, but an iPad is the cure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absorbine_Sr Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Well, I figured out how to log in with the browser, but trying to reply here does not activate the keyboard. Urghhh So far response time is good. Browsing for the most part is ok. Video looks good. Need to upload some music to see how good/bad the headphone output is. Sent from my Kindle Fire using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvlgato Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Sent from my Kindle Fire using Tapatalk If this auto sig continues, I will have to make fun of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetoole Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 If this auto sig continues, I will have to make fun of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absorbine_Sr Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 If this auto sig continues, I will have to make fun of you. Sent from my Kindle Fire while thinking of a good way to tell jvlgato to piss off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jvlgato Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Sent from my Kindle Fire while thinking of a good way to tell jvlgato to piss off. I thought that worked pretty well! Though I did just pick up bottles of Parker and Stagg... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absorbine_Sr Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 I thought that worked pretty well! Though I did just pick up bottles of Parker and Stagg... Sent from my Kindle with appropriate respect so I can still go and drink good booze at jvlgato's house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Absorbine_Sr Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Sideloaded additional browsers as I'm not too thrilled with Silk so far. And weirdly enough, so far it's Maxthon that behaves the best. I used to use it under windows like 5 years ago and so far I like it way better than Opera Mobile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 You could always ask Shelly what she used for the short time she had it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanDragon Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 Can you get the Dolphin browser? I like it on my gingerbread phone. **BRENT** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absorbine_Sr Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Just loaded Dolphin Brent. So far so good and it seems really fast. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted November 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 It's decent on the iPad too. Browser seems to be gathering a following. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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